http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/gateway/plugin/AnnouncementFeedGatewayPlugin/atomIndian Journal of Medical Ethics: Announcements2016-06-21T11:41:27+0530Open Journal Systems<div class="row home-current-online"><div class="col-md-8 current-issue-panel"><div class="blocks current-issue"><div class="title-bar"><h3><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/140"> Current Issue </a></h3></div><div class="row home-currentissue"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3 class="home-title-1"><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2412">Response to proposed research to reverse brain death: more than regulatory failure</a></h3><p>In early May 2016, reports of a bizarre study to attempt a reversal of brain death made the headlines, but there was not even a squeak from the authorities. The "Reanima Project" is a collaboration between an Indian surgeon, Himanshu Bansal, and a US-based biotech company, Bioquark Inc. The research will be conducted by Bansal's own biotech company, Revita Life Sciences, at his Anupam hospital in Rudrapur, a city in Uttarakhand state...</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><a class="item" href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/140"> <img src="/public/journals/1/cover_issue_243_en_US.jpg" alt="IJME 2016 Issue-3" /> </a><!-- <p align="center"> July-Sept (1-3) </p> --></div><div class="col-md-8"><h4 class="home-article-title"><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2413">What rural doctors want: a qualitative study in Chhattisgarh state</a></h4><p>The importance of addressing concerns of rural health worker welfare in order to improve their performance and retention is widely acknowledged; yet there is little empirical research on the needs of rural health professionals. We report findings from a qualitative research study in rural Chhattisgarh, involving indepth interviews with 37 practitioners and data analysis using the "framework" approach. Participants' expressions of their needs encompassed a range of reforms...</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="row issue-slider" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><div id="carousel"><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/138" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2016_issue_2.jpg" alt="IJME 2016 Issue-2" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Apr-Jun (1-2) (NS)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/137" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2016_issue_1.jpg" alt="IJME 2016 Issue-1" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Jan-Mar (1-1) (NS)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/136" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2015_issue_4.jpg" alt="IJME 2015 Issue-4" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Oct-Dec (12-4)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/135" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2015_issue_3.jpg" alt="IJME 2015 Issue-3" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">July-Sept (12-3)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/134" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2015_issue_2.jpg" alt="IJME 2015 Issue-2" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Apr-Jun (12-2)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/133" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2015_issue_1.jpg" alt="IJME 2015 Issue-1" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Jan-Mar (12-1)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/132" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2014_issue_4.jpg" alt="IJME 2014 Issue-4" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Oct-Dec (11-4)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/130" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2014_issue_3.jpg" alt="IJME 2014 Issue-3" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">July-Sept (11-3)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/129" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2014_issue_2.jpg" alt="IJME 2014 Issue-2" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Apr-Jun (11-2)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/75" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/ringing_out_the_old.jpg" alt="IJME 2014 Issue-1" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Jan-Mar (11-1)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/46" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2013_issue_4.jpg" alt="IJME 2013 Issue-4" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Oct-Dec (10-4)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/2" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2013_issue_3.jpg" alt="IJME 2013 Issue-3" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Jul-Sep (10-3)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/1" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2013_issue_2.jpg" alt="IJME 2013 Issue-2" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Apr-Jun (10-2)</p></div><div class="item"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/view/3" target="_parent"> <img src="/pages/custom-pages/carousel/images/2013_issue_1.jpg" alt="IJME 2013 Issue-1" /> </a><p style="text-decoration: none;" align="center">Jan-Mar (10-1)</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-4" style="padding-bottom: 25px;"><div id="online_first" class="blocks online-first"><div class="title-bar"><h3>FMES</h3></div><div class="article-list-item"><p><a href="/index.php/ijme/pages/view/annual-report-2015-16" target="_blank">Annual Report 2015-16</a></p><p><a href="/index.php/ijme/pages/view/fmes-brochure" target="_blank">FMES Brochure</a></p><p><a href="/index.php/ijme/pages/view/6th-nbc-brochure" target="_blank">6th NBC Brochure</a></p><p><a href="/index.php/ijme/pages/view/public-debate-eolc-%40-tiss-on-july-16-2016-how-to-get-there" target="_blank">Public Debate EoLC @ TISS on July 16, 2016 | How to get there</a></p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-4"><div id="online_first" class="blocks online-first"><div class="title-bar"><h3><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/current"> Online First </a></h3></div><div class="article-list-item"><h4 class="home-article-title"><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2431">At last – a home grown ethics text!</a></h4><p>Olinda Timms, Biomedical ethics. New Delhi: Reed Elsevier India, 2016, Paperback, 407 pages, Rs 400.00, ISBN978-81-312-4415.9. At long last we have a homegrown text on biomedical ethics...</p></div><div class="article-list-item"><h4 class="home-article-title"><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2432">Impact of recent regulatory notifications on an institutional ethics committee</a></h4><p>The Government of India came out with a slew of notifications to streamline clinical research in the beginning...</p></div><div style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 13px;"><a href="/index.php/ijme/issue/current"> <strong>More articles...</strong> </a></div></div><div><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px;"><em>The Indian Journal of Medical Ethics is peer reviewed and indexed in Medline and other databases.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="blocks home-featured-articles"><div class="title-bar"><h3>EDITORIALS</h3></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2130/4592">Ebola virus disease outbreak: incorporating ethical analysis into the health system response</a></h5><p class="author">Abha Saxena</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/1919/4171">The Prevention of Parent-to-child Transmission Programme: Is it fair to women?</a></h5><p class="author">Shyamala Nataraj, Mala Ramanathan</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2097"> Towards deceased organ donation in Asia: negotiating the challenges </a></h5><p class="author">Aamir Jafarey, Sanjay Nagral</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2131">Integrity in medical practice</a></h5><p class="author">Dhanwanti Nayak, Sundar Sarukkai</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-6"><div class="blocks home-featured-articles"><div class="title-bar"><h3>ARTICLES</h3></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2109/4559">Deceased organ donation in India: where do we go from here?</a></h5><p class="author">Sanjay Nagral, J Amalorpavanathan</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2197/4700">Access to controlled medicines for palliative care in India</a></h5><p class="author">Sunita VS Bandewar</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2133">Ethical issues in the care of persons living with haemophilia in India</a></h5><p class="author">Uma Jadhav, Kanchan Mukherjee, Anil Lalwani</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2135">Ethical issues in recruitment of "healthy volunteers": study of a clinical research organisation in Hyderabad.</a></h5><p class="author">Shilpa Krishna, N Purendra Prasad</p></div></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="blocks home-featured-articles"><div class="title-bar"><h3>COMMENTS</h3></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/1929"> Identifying beneficiaries for user fee waivers: ethical challenges in public health</a></h5><p class="author">Geeta Pardeshi</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2219/4731">Making medical care and research rational and affordable.</a></h5><p class="author">Sunil K Pandya</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2100">Ethical blind spots: John Cutler's role in India and Tuskegee </a></h5><p class="author">Mario Vaz</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2140">Diagnosis of autism, abortion and the ethics of childcare in Yoruba culture </a></h5><p class="author">Ademola Kazeem Fayemi</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-6"><div class="blocks home-featured-articles"><div class="title-bar"><h3>REPORTS</h3></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2212/4717">IJME Fifth National Bioethics Conference: a summary report</a></h5><p class="author">Prasanna Saligram, Sunita Simon Kurpad, Thelma Narayan</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/66"> Conference report: NBC 4 </a></h5><p class="author">Rakhi Ghoshal, Sanna Meherally</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/56"> Conference on emerging issues in ethics and regulation of medical research </a></h5><p class="author">Veena Joshi, Avinash L Joshi</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/69"> Evolving roles of ethics committees in India </a></h5><p class="author">Richard A Cash</p></div></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="blocks home-featured-articles"><div class="title-bar"><h3>REVIEWS</h3></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2142">Book review: From a doctor’s diary: the authentic physician’s voice</a></h5><p class="author">Navjeevan Singh</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/928"> Book review: Between families and doctors </a></h5><p class="author">Nikhil Govind</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2143">Book review: More questions than answers</a></h5><p class="author">Shaibya Saldanha</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2144">Drama review: HeLa-the play</a></h5><p class="author">Manjulika Vaz, Olinda Timms</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-6"><div class="blocks home-featured-articles"><div class="title-bar"><h3>Online Only</h3></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/2073"> Workshop on Promoting Professionalism and Ethical Practices in Medicine: Indian doctors from across the globe working together </a></h5><p class="author">Rajan Madhok</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/article/view/1616"> A letter to the union minister of health </a></h5><p class="author">Abhay Shukla, Amar Jesani, Gopal Dabade, Sunil Kaul</p></div><div class="single-article-block"><h5><a href="/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/7" target="_blank"> Ethics of health research: developing the COHRED Fairness Index </a></h5></div></div></div></div>http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/14Appeal of Indian Doctors for Ethical Practice (IDEP)2016-06-21T11:41:27+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p><strong>We are a network of – 'Doctors for De-commercialized, Ethical &amp; Rational Health Care</strong></p><p>We are speaking on behalf of the large number of conscientious, rational doctors in India with a sense of anguish and distress regarding the state of medical practice in India today.</p><p><strong>We are worried about</strong></p><ul class="bullet-list"><li>Deteriorating ethical standards in private medical practice, and stark commercialization of this once a noble profession. (Rising incidences of malpractices, irrational investigations, unnecessary procedures and surgeries, kickbacks)</li><li>Adversarial relationship between patients and doctors leading to insecurity among doctors.</li></ul><p><strong>We want to bring back</strong> – the healthy and harmonious relationship between doctors and patients.</p><p><strong>We are for</strong></p><ol><li>Checking corporatization of Health care.</li><li>Regulation and rationalization of fee structure in private medical colleges.</li><li>Regulation of pharma industry, equipment industry and consumables. (Stents etc)</li><li>Solving the practical problems of rational doctors – like high handed implementation of PCPNDT in which many honest doctors have suffered.</li><li>Capping the amount of compensation in medico legal cases.</li><li>Honoring patients’ rights, transparency regarding charges and for readiness to give enough time to patients and answer their queries.</li><li>Following standard treatment guidelines prepared by organizations in India with due consideration for local constraints.</li><li>Bringing in Clinical establishment act that would protect honest and ethical doctors and would not bring in corrupt Baburaj.</li><li>Reconstitution of Medical Council of India on democratic lines, and bringing Corporate Hospitals under the control of MCI.</li></ol><p><strong>We have a dream</strong></p><p><strong>To bring Universal Health Care in India like that in UK/ Canada/ Thailand</strong> a system wherein private-practitioners would be paid from public fund on the principle of ‘standard payment for standard care’ and hence doctor-patient relations would not be based on the market-logic.</p><p>From – Dr Arun Gadre MD (OBGY) Pune, Maharashtra, 09822246327, Dr Sanjay Nagral, Dept of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, 09820285458 E-mail id – <a href="mailto: ethicaldoctorsindia@gmail.com">ethicaldoctorsindia@gmail.com</a></p><p><strong>Together we can make a difference!</strong></p><p>Please fill in details to Join Us:</p><p>Name and qualification -------------------</p><p>City, State of residence -------------------</p><p>Mobile number -------------------</p><p>Email id: -------------------</p><p>Signature (no signature required if sent from email) -------------------</p><p>Please send the filled form to <a href="mailto: ethicaldoctorsindia@gmail.com">ethicaldoctorsindia@gmail.com</a></p>2016-06-21T11:41:27+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/13MFC welcomes the stinging report on cleaning up medical education regulation2016-03-29T10:43:35+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p>MFC (Medico Friend Circle) wholeheartedly welcomes the 92<sup>nd</sup> Parliamentary Committee Report on the Functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI) that was presented to the Rajya Sabha on March 8, 2016.</p><p>The Report is comprehensive, wide ranging and has come out with sound recommendations. Implementing these recommendations is in the best interests of the health of the people of India and the medical profession.</p><p>The MCI was expected to be the regulator of everything related to medical education but has ended up being the single major factor in the country responsible for the commoditization of medical education and corruption in professional practice. Successive occupants of top posts at the MCI have perfected the MCI as an enterprise for feathering their nests. Every requirement of approval of a private medical college had a price and still does. We agree with the Report that unless there is a whole sale exit of vested interests that have clogged the MCI, nothing can change and it will be 'business' as usual.</p><p>The singular lack of attention by the MCI to content, quality, pedagogy, clinical competencies and skills has brought the image of the medical profession to disrepute: "...many of the products coming out of medical colleges," says the Report, "are ill-prepared to serve in poor resource settings like Primary Health Centre and even at the district level; medical graduates lack competence in performing basic health care tasks like conducting normal deliveries; instances of unethical practice continue to grow due to which respect for the profession has dwindled. But the MCI has not been able to spearhead any serious reforms in medical education to address these gaps."</p><p>As a body of medical and health professionals and public health advocates, we in MFC cannot agree more.</p><p>The MCI has to be accountable to the Government who in turn are answerable for the dismal health standards of the people of India. The elected regulatory body of the MCI has been a "disastrous experience" and has become an "exclusive club of doctors" with scant regard for ethical concerns. This needs to be replaced with a mechanism to bring in people of the highest professional and ethical standards.</p><p>"The Committee notes that though all powers of approval/disapproval as per the MCI Act 1956 rest with the Central Government and all permissions are issued in its name, yet the Central Government has no power to disagree with the MCI .... To push its policy and vision of health, the Government is, therefore, entitled to give directives to the MCI but only on policy matters of national importance. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Government should have the power to give policy directives to the regulatory body."</p><p>The MCI's attitude has not been one of a facilitator but an obstructionist. For instance, Minimum Standard Requirements for the establishment of Medical colleges are unrealistic and prevent "district hospitals and large public sector hospitals (like Railways Hospitals, Army Hospitals, etc.) and large private sector hospitals and multi-specialty hospitals from becoming teaching hospitals for UG medical education. This will greatly limit the scope for the scaling up of medical education, even when expansion of the existing capacity is a greatly felt need."</p><p>Infrastructure and faculty norms are given more weightage in 5-yearly assessments than clinical competency and quality of medical education. "... The curriculum is still didactic. The world has moved to competency-based curriculum long back and we are still having workshops to decide whether we should switch-over to it or not." Similarly the compulsory Continuing Medical Education should be based on a whole range of net-based standardized tutorials on clinically relevant subjects, which are vetted for quality and relevance and out of which the practitioner may choose any six in a year, depending on his/her interests. This should replace the current archaic practice of six lectures/seminars approved by the MCI. Moreover not only the timing and venue are inconvenient to many practitioners but the treatment of topics is often highly unsatisfactory with no check on quality.</p><p>We also agree that there is a need to standardize entry to medical colleges throughout the country through a common entrance exam as well as a common exit exam and evaluation system for MBBS students,as well as for post-graduation (MD/MS) programmes and super-specialties. There is no reason why DNB cannot be equated to MD with suitable teaching requirements and why at least some proportion of experienced clinicians in Government and private hospitals cannot be taken in as adjunct faculty. This will only add to the richness of teaching.</p><p>The MCI has concentrated all powers under it without due competency and capability: the MCI currently is responsible for standard setting for recognition, inspection and licensing of 400 medical colleges; overseas Registration and Ethical Conduct of Doctors, and recently Accreditation as well.</p><p>We agree with the 92<sup>nd</sup> Report that these tasks need to be delegated and a major structural reconfiguration is needed as suggested by the expert committee chaired by the (Late) Dr Ranjit Roy Chaudhury.. The expert committee has suggested inter alia the formation of a National Medical Commission (NMC) through a new Act with four verticals: (i) UG Board of Medical Education and Training, (ii) PG Board of Medical Education and Training (iii) National Assessment and Accreditation Board and (iv) National Board for Medical Registration.</p><p>The provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 are outdated and it is for the Government of India to take the lead in dismantling the MCI and replace it with the structure suggested by the Ranjit Roy Chaudhury Committee. We concur with the 92<sup>nd</sup> Report: "The people of India will not be well-served by letting the <em>modus-operandi</em> of MCI continue unaltered to the detriment of medical education and decay of health system." The Government must therefore act immediately notwithstanding vested interests within.</p><em>NB. (All quotes are from the 92<sup>nd</sup> Report)</em>2016-03-29T10:43:35+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/12Medico Friend Circle condemns the arrest of Dr. Saibal Jana2016-03-25T18:06:01+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p>Medico Friend Circle (MFC), a national level network of health professionals and activists committed to Right to Health and Universal Health Care, are shocked and pained by the arrest and detention of its long-standing, senior member Dr. Saibal Jana.</p><p>Dr. Jana is chief physician at the Shaheed Hospital in Dalli Rajhara, Chhattisgarh. The hospital was founded in 1983 by the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, led by the late Shankar Guha Niyogi, and was started with money and labour contributed by the workers of the area. The Shaheed hospital is affordable and attracts patients from a radius of a hundred kilometers. It is self sufficient and is part of the RSBY network of empanelled hospitals. Dr. Saibal Jana has dedicated his life to providing medical services at Shaheed Hospital to the labouring poor and marginalized communities for around three decades.</p><p>Dr. Jana is deeply respected for his contribution in health care work, saving lives from Falciparum malaria, maternal deaths, tuberculosis and addressing neglected tribal health problems like Sickle cell anaemia.</p><p>It is dismaying that Dr. Jana was arrested last week at night in a case dating from 1992 for not appearing in court when he was not even given a notice. We deplore the manner in which Dr Jana was arrested and handcuffed, and that such an arrest was made without a summons being delivered. His bail hearing has been systematically 'routinely' postponed and he has been in custody for over a week. This is not only harassment of the personnel of Shaheed Hospital but is also depriving poor patients of much needed medical care at affordable cost.</p><p>We urge the government to ensure bail to Dr. Jana at the earliest and the quashing of this false 24 year old case against him.</p><p>We assert the right of health professionals to carry out this essential work and demand an immediate stop to all forms of harassment against them.</p><p><strong>Medico Friend Circle</strong></p>2016-03-25T18:06:01+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/11Workshops on Scientific Writing and Basic Biostatistics in May and August2016-02-17T12:51:43+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p>Our group at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow has been organising workshops since 2010 on various aspects of clinical research, as part of an Indo-US collaboration. In continuation of the series, two workshops are planned in 2016 at SGPGI, Lucknow as follows:</p><ol type="i"><li><strong>Workshop on 'Writing a Scientific Paper', May 13-15, 2016</strong></li><li><strong>Workshop on 'Basic Biostatistics', August 26-28, 2016</strong></li></ol><p>These workshops are meant for active biomedical researchers who hold faculty positions and are poised to lead or are leading clinical research studies. These interactive workshops will have both didactic and practical sessions. Around 30 applicants will be considered for each workshop.</p><p>Those interested in attending the workshop(s) should fill in the application form (which asks for a summary of experience and expertise in clinical research; available at <em><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sgpgimsnihcourses/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/sgpgimsnihcourses/</a></em>) and send it <strong>as an email attachment</strong> to <em><a href="mailto: sgpgi.courses@gmail.com">sgpgi.courses@gmail.com</a>.</em> The last dates for applications for the above courses are 20 March 20, 2016 and June 30, 2016, respectively. A selection committee will screen the applications and notify successful participantsabout 5 weeks in advance of each course.</p><p>The National Institutes of Health, USA provides funds to partially support the costs of course material and venue for the conduct of these workshops. The registration fee is Rs 5000 for participants who require accommodation (includes twin-shared guest house accommodation and all meals on all days). Those who will arrange their own accommodation will need to pay a registration fee of Rs 2000. Participants are expected to pay (by electronic bank transfer)the registration fee soon after intimation of selection.</p><p>For details, please contact: Dr Rakesh Aggarwal, Department of Gastroenterology, SGPGI, Lucknow 226 014; or <a href="mailto:sgpgi.courses@gmail.com">sgpgi.courses@gmail.com</a>.</p>2016-02-17T12:51:43+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/10The Eighth Krishna Raj Memorial Lecture: The Golden Rule: a remedy for decadence in global health2016-01-30T14:36:37+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p>By Dr Eric Suba</p><p>Industry-sponsored drug trials have often come under public scrutiny for unethical practices. Much less attention has been paid to similar concerns in public health research.</p><p>The ethics of international public health research will be discussed at The Eighth Krishna Raj Memorial Lecture.</p><p>Dr Eric Suba will speak on cancer screening trials conducted on more than 300,000 women in the slums of Mumbai and villages in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The trials were funded by the US National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><p>Dr Suba is pathologist and director of clinical laboratories at the Kaiser Permanante Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA and also leads the Viet/American Cervical Cancer Prevention Project, a non-profit organisation. He is currently Visiting Scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, USA.</p><p>The Krishna Raj Memorial Lecture on Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Sciences was instituted by the Anusandhan Trust to honour the intellectual and academic traditions set in place by the visionary editor of the Economic and Political Weekly.</p><p><strong>Venue:</strong> Sen Kinare Hall, CVTS Building<br style="line-height: 18px;" /> KEM Hospital, Parel<br style="line-height: 18px;" /> <strong>Date:</strong> Thursday, February 4, 2016<br style="line-height: 18px;" /> <strong>Time:</strong> 2-4 pm</p><p>Organised by: CEHAT, MASUM, eSocial Sciences, University of Mumbai, SNDT Women's University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, and Forum for Medical Ethics Society.</p>2016-01-30T14:36:37+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/9Revised subscription rates for IJME Print Issue from Jan 20162015-10-30T10:51:53+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p><strong>Dear Readers, we have been obliged to raise subscription rates to keep the journal going. The new rates will become effective for subscriptions from January 2016 onwards.</strong></p><table class="table table-hover table-bordered"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Period</strong></td><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>Indian</strong></td><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>International</strong></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td valign="top">Individual</td><td valign="top">Institutional</td><td valign="top">Individual</td><td valign="top">Institutional</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">One Year</td><td valign="top">Rs. 600</td><td valign="top">Rs. 1,200</td><td valign="top">US $ 40</td><td valign="top">US $ 80</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Two Year</td><td valign="top">Rs. 1,160</td><td valign="top">RS.2,320</td><td valign="top">US $ 76</td><td valign="top">US $ 152</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Five Year</td><td valign="top">Rs. 2,700</td><td valign="top">Rs. 5,400</td><td valign="top">US $ 170</td><td valign="top">US $ 340</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Life</td><td valign="top">Rs. 30,000</td><td valign="top">Rs. 60,000</td><td valign="top">US $ 2,000</td><td valign="top">US $ 4,000</td></tr></tbody></table><p>+ SAARC countries pay at Indian rates with Rs 250 extra per year of subscription for shipping charges.</p><p>+ Annual Subscription of Rs 300 for Students in India.</p>2015-10-30T10:51:53+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/8MFC Statement on Escalating Challenges to Health in India2015-10-30T10:48:30+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p><strong><em>STATEMENT ON ESCALATING CHALLENGES TO HEALTH IN INDIA</em></strong></p><p>It is an established and accepted fact that the health of the people in a country depends on the access to a network of basic needs that includes nutritious food and health care. A conducive physical and biological environment at the place of living and work, egalitarian social relationships, emotional well being as and a peaceful social environment are all recognised determinants of health of any population.</p><p>To those of us working in the field of health, it is clear that there is a significant deterioration in the conditions needed for people's health.</p><p>Vital for health are not only the number of doctors, drugs and hospitals but also the distribution of these resources and the access to these by all groups within the community. The functioning of the state and the orientation provided by the political leadership of the nation are crucial to the administration of health care and all the resources needed to lead a healthy life with dignity and freedom. Also critical is a varied and balanced diet according to availability.</p><p>Challenges of Public Health Administration <br style="line-height: 18px;" /> Indeed the health system is a core social institution whose development, effectiveness and accessibility are determined by the political will. The past two years' central budgets have effectively reduced allocations on health. The previous government has dragged its feet in meeting the promise of doubling the health budget to 2.5% of the GDP. The present Niti Aayog has made the situation worse by backing the reduction of public health expenditure from its already abysmally low levels even further. The withdrawal of the government services will have catastrophic effect because the private health services will exploit not only the poor and marginalised strata, but also many in middle classes. The worst affected would be those in 'unprofitable' backward areas where the privatised health care will not go.</p><p>The slashing of governmental health expenditure has now entered a multi-sectoral phase:</p><p>The changes being brought about in labour and environmental protection laws are also in directions that will create unhealthy conditions for a vast majority of the marginalised sections and regions.</p><p>The food supplementation schemes such as the ICDS programme are under threat.</p><p>Food fundamentalism, society and government <br style="line-height: 18px;" /> India has one of the most varied food preferences ever seen in the world: wheat in the north, rice in the south, over 10-15 kinds of millets like ragi, bajra, makai,etc. , several varieties of pulses. India has the largest number of oilseeds in the world, til, groundnut, sunflower, mustard, mahua, safflower, castor, rice bran, and many more minor oilseeds etc.</p><p>In addition we have a few vegetarians (less than 20%), many non-vegetarians (around 70-80%), vegans, non-vegetarians who do not eat pork, non-vegetarians who do not eat beef, tribals who will not drink milk, but will eat beef, entire populations who live on small animals, birds, insects which they hunt for survival. In addition, we have vegetarian Jains who will not eat root vegetables, including garlic and onions, and one can go on.</p><p>The development of any food culture is a long term historical adaptation to what is available in specific situations.</p><p>Despite this we are also home to the largest number of hungry undernourished populations (adult and children) in the world who are anaemic, with multiple nutrient deficiencies (50--80%.) Of course one justification made by the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog is that Indians are not meant to be tall!</p><p>On the one hand, it is disturbing that the Govt. has failed to feed populations in India. It has failed to control the price of important sources of proteins like pulses. The Right to Food Act has not yet been rolled out.</p><p>On the other hand, attacks on meat eating populations belonging to certain communities in the name of a sacred Hindu vegetarianism will tear the already weak fabric of this country. This is nothing less than an attack on the eating cultures of the country, and can have a catastrophic avalanche effect.</p><p>The current governmental climate of aggression on food culture—whether the pressure to eliminate eggs in the school lunch programme, or the banning of beef in Maharashtra—presents alarming tendencies in the domains of health, economics and culture.</p><p>The lynching at Dadri and the lackadaisical governmental response to it are the tragic outcome of the wider structural problem we have described.</p><p>Administrative cutbacks, political apathy and passive encouragement <br style="line-height: 18px;" /> Overall, a) the freezing of health and social sector budgets; b) the weakening and dilution of critical labor protection and environment protection laws in the name of development; c) the overwhelming influence of the private sector and its vulgar profit logic on all decision making; d) the harping on a farcical notion of an ancient India that had discovered everything that was worth knowing'; and e) the consequent subversion of any rational mindset, are all aspects of the present public health crisis. The price will be paid in both short term increases in illnesses, in long term morbidity, in the tragic and avoidable loss of lives, and the decline in well being of all.</p><p>The lack of a strong message from government's political leadership that all are to be treated as equal citizens is directly responsible for criminal acts such as lynching, murder, aggression and vandalism perpetrated on the people (dalits, religious minorities, women, tribals and rationalists). This passive response to cultural aggression serves as an active encouragement given to a majoritarian, coercive mindset. It results in direct increase in the blatant incidents that are taking lives of Indian citizens. Such an atmosphere has a telling effect on the emotional and physical well being of the population. The government has to forcefully convey its commitment to justice and democracy, punish those who disobey, and expel from government and police posts all who actively or passively encourage such activity.</p>***<p>Medico Friend Circle is an organization of committed physicians, experts from academia and activists from civil society. We have worked over forty years on various aspects of health in India. Ever since the Indian state embarked the neo-liberal pathway of development (and even before), Medico Friend Circle has consistently criticised the governments for their blinkered approach and lack of vision in the health care sector and its public responsibility. We are deeply concerned at this state of affairs that is in short terrible for the idea that is India, and the health of the Indian people.</p>We demand:<br style="line-height: 18px;" /><ul class="bullet-list"><li>An immediate reversal to the cuts in health and social sector spending.</li><li>Immediate reversal of the dilutions introduced to labor law and environmental law.</li><li>Strengthening and improvement of the ICDS programme.</li><li>Immediate price control of all essential food commodities.</li><li>Action to fulfill the government's responsibility to create an environment in which all sections feel a sense of justice, especially the more vulnerable, that fosters social harmony, and the health and wellbeing of all.</li></ul><p>Signed<br style="line-height: 18px;" /> Medico Friend Circle</p>2015-10-30T10:48:30+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/7Ethics of health research: developing the COHRED Fairness Index2015-04-30T11:33:42+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p><strong>What is the COHRED</strong></p><p>The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) (<a href="http://www.cohred.org/" target="_blank">http://www.cohred.org/</a>) is a global, not-for-profit organisation committed to the goal of transforming health research and research innovation to ensure the delivery of sustainable healthcare solutions informed by the dual axes of health and development. In its endeavour to contextualise healthcare solutions, the COHRED strives to help health research funders and the high income countries (HICs) to appreciate and understand the specificities and challenges besetting health research in low and middle income countries (LMICs). It also strives to provide the latter constituency with leadership and effective solutions to help them in their own research and innovation systems for health and development.</p><p><strong>What is the COHRED Fairness Index?</strong></p><p>The COHRED Fairness Index (CFI) is a concrete step towards integrating these missions and designing a material, palpable, utilisable output – an Index to help globally standardise research and innovations in health systems. The CFI hopes to offer certification and bring different stakeholders, from donors, grant recipients, contract organisations, and R&amp;D institutions, to pharmaceutical companies, ministries/departments of health and international organisations, together on a common platform towards their shared goal of improving global health research. While not being a binding law, the CFI is expected to be adhered to as a gold standard, so that health research and systems innovations across countries will be made transparent, fair and ethical, thereby, becoming more relevant to the intended beneficiaries.</p><p><strong>Why is such an Index important?</strong></p><p>Recent statistics show (elaborated in the COHRED document) that there is a vast disparity between the subjects and contexts of health research, and the location of the studies. For instance, while an overwhelming volume of contemporary health research focuses on developing solutions for the different African contexts, these studies are frequently located outside the continent.Such disparities have come to become part of the norm in global health research, and these norms are what the CFI will help dissipate to bring about balance and parity. The CFI will help mainly systematise research and innovation, offer a distinct mechanism of regulation and monitoring of systems and their agents, and also set up a globally accredited standard for ensuring integrity in global health research.</p><p><strong>How does it affect the <em>IJME</em>?</strong></p><p>The <em>Indian Journal of Medical Ethics </em>(<em>IJME</em>) is resolutely committed to ethical health research, transparent dissemination of research and proactive systems development. Through its biennial forum – the National Bioethics Conference – the <em>IJME </em>has been an active voice speaking up against medical malpractice and corruption in healthcare; it has actively supported, and collaborated with, like-minded associations/organisations in demanding a Universal Healthcare Act in India, and has been advocating policies to make health research more relevant, user-sensitive and just. Having such an index as the CFI will strengthen the <em>IJME</em> and the FMES in their combined goal to make healthcare, health research and systems innovations ethical, transparent and beneficiary-oriented.</p><p><strong>What can we do to contribute?</strong></p><p>The documents and the various processes of developing the Index are in the open domain, and the COHRED has invited suggestions, comments and constructive criticisms. The Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES) has endorsed the Index (<a href="http://cfi.cohred.org/institutional-endorsements/" target="_blank">http://cfi.cohred.org/institutional-endorsements/</a>) and is in touch with the COHRED Technical Group. As patrons of the <em>IJME</em> and believers in the cause of fair and equitable health research and innovation, you are invited to read the document and share your critical feedback with us (<a href="mailto:fmesmumbai@gmail.com">fmesmumbai@gmail.com</a>), or if you wish to, directly with the COHRED team (the contact IDs are provided in the document). As stakeholders in the larger project of systematising and standardising health research across the globe, we are all part of this process, in varying ways and roles.</p><p>[The final Index is expected to be announced by October 2015. As of now, the following document <a href="http://cfi.cohred.org/get-involved/global-consultation/" target="_blank">http://cfi.cohred.org/get-involved/global-consultation/</a> details the objectives, goals and structure of the Index.]</p>2015-04-30T11:33:42+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/6Fifth National Bioethics Conference2014-04-30T15:18:15+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p>Theme: <strong>Integrity in health care practices and research</strong><br /> <strong>11-12-13 December, 2014</strong></p><p>Venue: <strong>St. John's Medical College Campus, Koramangala, Bengaluru</strong></p><p>The theme of the Fifth NBC 2014 is "Integrity in health care practices and research, and would cover the following sub-themes:</p><ol type="a"><li>Integrity and upholding trust of patients in medical care;</li><li>Ethical imperatives of integrity in public health practices and health systems;</li><li>Integrity in health care research (misconducts-plagiarism, data fabrication/ falsification, etc);</li><li>Conflict of Interest in health care practices and measures needed,</li><li>Curricular frameworks in ethics to ensure integrity in healthcare, public health and research;</li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">International symposium</span></strong> on December 13 on Corruption in health care and medicine</li></ol><p>Six plenary sessions, including those in the International Symposium will feature 18 keynote addresses and a panel discussion by well-known national and international experts on the theme and sub-themes of the conference. In each plenary session, some time will be available for questions and discussion.</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS</strong></span></p><p>In addition, the Fifth NBC 2014 will also have scientific sessions where individuals and groups working in the field of bioethics will be able to make presentation of papers (both oral and posters) and organise workshops on any relevant topic in the field of bioethics (not necessarily connected to the conference theme or sub-themes). Parallel groups sessions, two each for oral/poster paper presentations and workshops will be organised on the first two days of the conference and one joint parallel groups session for oral paper presentations and workshops will be organised on the third day. Totally, 36 to 42 abstracts will be selected for oral paper presentation; 12 to 20 abstracts for poster presentation; and 10 to 12 abstracts or proposals for the organisation of workshops.</p><p>We invite all interested individuals and groups to submit abstracts for paper presentation and proposals for the organisation of workshops by email to <a href="mailto:nbc@stjohns.in">nbc@stjohns.in</a></p><p><strong>Guidelines for abstracts and proposals for the workshops:</strong><br /> Abstracts that critically discuss cutting edge themes and concepts in bioethics, and those that describe research findings or project outcomes will be selected. Conformity to the prescribed format, however, is essential.</p><p><strong>Format – Please provide the following details in each abstract/workshop proposal:</strong></p><ol><li>Title;</li><li>Authors/speakers, designation and institutional affiliation (if any): Please list authors in order (First author/speaker to last);</li><li>Background and purpose;</li><li>If applicable, description of research method and ethical issues/dilemmas inquired into;</li><li>Results of research or outcome of ethical inquiry, if applicable;</li><li>Discussion (relate to bioethics principles, theories, and frameworks) and implications for bioethics; (7) Preferred mode of presentation<em>-only applicable for paper presentation abstracts</em> (Tick): Oral /Poster/ Either;</li><li>Name of person presenting the paper at the NBC/contact person for workshop/symposia;</li><li>Maximum number of words <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>(parts 3-6 above)</strong></span> is <strong>50</strong><strong>0.</strong></li></ol><p><strong>The Scientific Committee</strong> of the conference will use, among others, four main criteria for reviewing the abstracts: (a) Relevance; (b) Clarity of ideas; (c) Originality; and (4) Methodological rigour. The decision of the scientific committee in the selection of abstracts will be final.</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Deadline for the receipt of abstracts: 31st July, 2014</strong></span></p><p>Please send your abstracts for paper presentation and proposals for workshops to the Organising Secretaries, Fifth NBC 2014, by email at: <a href="mailto:nbc@stjohns.in">nbc@stjohns.in</a></p><p><strong>Conference Registration and Registration Fees</strong></p><p>Registration for the conference may be done by writing and sending the conference fee to the Secretariat. <strong>The conference registration fee: </strong><br /> For participants from India and the developing countries: Rs. 1500; For students: Rs. 750.<br /> For participants from the developed countries: US $ 100; For students: US $ 50<br /> <strong>Accommodation:</strong> Those who need accommodation may please contact the Secretariat.</p><p><strong>Conference Organisers:</strong></p><p><strong>Organising Secretaries:</strong> Ravindran G.D.; Thelma Narayan</p><p><strong>Organising Committee:</strong> Anuradha Bose, Prabha Chandra, Sugandhi D'souza, Christiane Fischer, Amar Jesani, Sanjiv Lewin, Mario Vaz, Sanjay Pai, Rema Devi, Jayashree Ramakrishna, K. Srinivasan, George Thomas. Adithya Pradyumna<br /> <strong>Scientific committee:</strong> Sunita Simon and others (to be announced)</p><p><strong>Local Organisers: Accommodation:</strong> Vanamala and team; <strong>Communication:</strong> Jyothi Iduculla and team; <strong>Registration:</strong> Rema Devi and team; <strong>Venue:</strong> Johnson Pradeep and team</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>SECRETARIAT</strong></span></p><p>Secretaries: Ms. Mary (+91-9480337030) and Ms. Praveena (+91-9611412146);<strong> </strong>Office of the IEC, First Floor, Library Building, St. John's Medical college, Koramangala, Bangalore 560064, Karnataka. Tel: +91-80-46466346/25634123/22065834. Email: <a href="mailto:nbc@stjohns.in">nbc@stjohns.in</a></p><p><strong>Conference Hosts and Collaborators</strong><br /> St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences<br /> SOCHARA–Society for Community Health Awareness, Research and Action<br /> Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES)<br /> (International Symposium in collaboration with MEZIS Germany</p>2014-04-30T15:18:15+0530http://phpstack-7291-16592-135886.cloudwaysapps.com/index.php/ijme/announcement/view/3A call for support2014-01-24T16:58:35+0530Indian Journal of Medical Ethics<p>There is a crying need for corrective measures. One such involves the creation of a forum for research and training in ethics. It must permit rational discussion and debate. It must involve academics, policy makers, advocacy organisations and the general public. It must foster the academic disciplines of medical ethics and bioethics, which provide the basis for good practice in healthcare.</p><p>An independent journal can provide this space.</p><p><strong>Indian Journal of Medical Ethics as a forum for healthcare ethics in India</strong></p><p><em>Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME)</em> was started in 1993 to facilitate discussion among concerned healthcare professionals as well as between these professionals and the general public. It has been sustained for over two decades with limited funds, and over these two decades it has shown that many healthcare professionals are committed to ethics. It also reflects the concern that the general public voices on ethical medical treatment.</p><p><em>IJME</em> has striven to stay independent, both financially and ideologically. It has provided avenue to critical voices while also documenting good medical practices and healthy patient-provider relationships.</p><p><em>IJME</em> has supported joint advocacy by professionals and the general public for humanising healthcare, and integrating human rights principles in the healthcare system. It has promoted serious multi-disciplinary research, the articulation of experiences and opinions and documentation of case studies. <em>IJME's</em> National Bioethics Conferences have brought professionals together to share their experiences and research. Both the journal and the conferences have encouraged well-informed debates, supporting the emergence of healthcare ethics, bioethics and healthcare humanities as closely linked disciplines</p><p><strong>A powerful voice for informed debate</strong></p><p><em>IJME</em> has been an influential advocate for good practice, identifying and debating issues critical to healthcare ethics in India. The journal is indexed by the National Library of Medicine (USA) as well as a number of other scholarly databases. Articles in the journal are used for teaching in medical colleges throughout the country.</p><p><strong>Support IJME</strong></p><p><em>IJME</em> has had a precarious existence ever since its inception, even as it has steadfastly improved in quality and grown exponentially in reach and influence. It does not accept funding from the healthcare industry, in order to retain independence and credibility in the positions it takes on controversial issues.</p><p><em>IJME</em> has been repeatedly bailed out from financial crises by a few committed individuals and groups. It is time to make it sustainable and stable.</p><p>Healthcare professionals as well as the general public have an interest in sustaining this journal.</p><p><strong>We request your support for the journal as you are a believer in the need for a strong and unbiased platform for all participants in healthcare. Your contribution will strengthen both the movement and the journal.</strong></p><table class="table table-hover table-bordered"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><em><strong>This appeal is endorsed by:</strong></em></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mumbai</strong></p><p>Sunil K Pandya</p><p>Noshir Wadia</p><p>Arun Bal</p><p>R K Anand</p><p>Sanjay Nagral</p><p>Ratna Magotra</p><p>Ravi Ramakantan</p><p>Amar Jesani</p></td><td><p><strong>Manipal</strong></p><p>MS Valiathan</p><p><strong>New Delhi</strong></p><p>Samiran Nundy</p><p><strong>Chennai</strong></p><p>MK Mani</p><p>George Thomas</p><p><strong>Bangalore</strong></p><p>Sanjay A Pai</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Payment details</strong></p><p><strong>All donations must be made in favour of FORUM FOR MEDICAL ETHICS SOCIETY.</strong> <br /> <strong>Online transfers</strong> may be made in favour of: <br /> Forum for Medical Ethics Society, 0/18, 'Bhavna', Above Marshall, Veer Savarkar Marg, <br /> Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025, INDIA <br /> <strong>Account type:</strong> savings account <strong>SB</strong> A/c no. 022200100012652; <br /> <strong>Bank name:</strong> The Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd, 'Urvashi', opp. Ravindra Natya Mandir, <br /> Prabhadevi , Sayani Marg, Mumbai 400 022 INDIA <br /> <strong>IFSC Code:</strong> SRCB0000022. MICR Code: 400088024. <strong>Branch Code:</strong> 000022. <br /> <strong><em>Please inform us of the bank transfer details along with your name and address.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Cheques or demand drafts,</strong> with your names and addresses, should be mailed to: <br /> Forum for Medical Ethics Society, C/o Survey no. 2804-5, Sai Ashray, Aram Society Road, <br /> Vakola, Santacruz (E), Mumbai 400 055 INDIA E-mail: <a href="mailto:fmesmumbai@gmail.com">fmesmumbai@gmail.com</a> , <a href="mailto:ijmemumbai@gmail.com">ijmemumbai@gmail.com</a></p><p><strong><em>Donations to FMES are eligible for tax benefits under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Please supply us with your PAN card details if you wish to avail of this exemption.</em></strong></p><p><strong>FMES is registered under: (a) Societies Registration Act, 1860;</strong> No: Mumbai, 218, 1995, GBBSD; (b) <strong>Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950;</strong> No-F-17441 (Mumbai), 1995; (c) Income Tax Act, 1961 - 12A; No-TR/31522-1995; (d) <strong>Income Tax Act, 1961 - 80G;</strong> Order No- DIT(E)/MC/80G/172/2010-11 <br /> <strong>Registered Address:</strong> 0-18, Bhavna, Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, INDIA</p>2014-01-24T16:58:35+0530